The moves are sure to be welcome news to OrangeCounty entrepeneurs, who have not had as many options as companies in the LosAngeles and San Diego areas, in terms of incubation/acceleration programs. orangecounty incubator accelerator startup entrepreneur

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MAY 22, 2014

[Los Angeles, Orange County] Flywheel Expands Into Orange County

'Flywheel , one of a number of mobile app developers offering up smartphone-driven, transportation-on-demand in Southern California, said this week that it has now expanded to OrangeCounty. flywheel taxi rideshare uber lyft sidecar orangecounty irvine transportation smartphone mobile market READ MORE>>.

I recently posted about the Increase in Early-Stage Startup Activity in LosAngeles. realized that it has been a little while since I posted about the LosAngeles Startup Community and so needed to update my list of startup events that will be out of date almost before I finish publishing it.

For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M invested; LosAngeles had $169.7M, and OrangeCounty $63.1M In OrangeCounty, the biggest deals were for Irvine-based WaterHealth International , a developer of water purification products with $22.1M in investments.

'Brighter.com , the online marketplace for dentists which is looking to bring upfront pricing to the dental market, said Thursday that it has expanded beyond LosAngeles and into OrangeCounty. Brighter said the expansion adds about 350 dentists in OrangeCounty to the service. READ MORE>>.

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in LosAngeles and other parts of Southern California. TechBizConnection – OrangeCounty monthly events. You can use keywords like: Events in LosAngeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events. Great post by John Shiple.

The Founder Institute , the business incubation and mentoring program started by TheFunded's Adeo Ressi , is expanding into the LosAngeles area, and is accepting applications for entrepreneurs for a Spring session, the group said late last week. The LosAngeles effort is being headed by Ken Rutkowski.
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Daily deals giant Groupon said Thursday that it has expanded its real-time, deal venture, Groupon Now, into OrangeCounty. The addition of OrangeCounty came on the same day that Groupon Now rolled out in Las Vegas and Minneapolis; the service has already been available in LosAngeles. READ MORE>>.
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The site currently focuses entirely on LosAngeles, but VentureBeat says they have plans to expand to OrangeCounty, San Diego, the Bay Area and eventually the rest of the country — starting with New York. We want to give users a way to try something new guided by vetted experts.”. News Top
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'Online dining ordering service GrubHub has acquired Aliso Viejo-based Restaurants On The Run , the provider of restaurant delivery services which serves LosAngeles, San Francisco, OrangeCounty, San Diego, Houston, Seattle, Las Vegas and Tulsa Oklahoma. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.
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Oh, sorry, I was too busy celebrating the fact that the LA/OrangeCounty area has the most entrepreneurs per 100,000 people out of any metropolitan area in the United States. We’re number one! We’re number one! We’re number one! That’s right, suck it, Bay Area! percent in 2009 to 0.62 percent in 1996 to 29.5
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